Lester Street Killings

March 3, 2008 - Rob Robinson, left, owner of a house at 722 Lester, speaks with police Monday evening about his rental house, where six people were killed and three other children were taken to the hospital, top right. Robinson said the people living in the house, "were very nice, very polite to me," and that he had not had any trouble with them.

March 3, 2008 - Family members wait in a car during a downpour Monday evening half a block away from the house at 722 Lester where six people were killed and three other children were taken to the hospital.

March 3, 2008 - TV news trucks line Lester Monday evening, where at 722 Lester 6 people were found dead.

March 04, 2008 - Lt. Joe Scott makes a public plea for information about the multiple homicide which occurred on Lester during a press conference at the CJC Tuesday morning.

March 4, 2008 A crime scene investigator works Tuesday at 722 Lester where six people were found dead Monday in one of the worst mass killings in Memphis history.

March 4, 2008 - Zella Cathey (2nd from left) wipes tears away with members of the Binghampton community during a prayer service at First Baptist Church on Broad as they grieve and pray for the six people found dead at 722 Lester around the corner from the church.

March 4, 2008 - An unidentified family member, left, shows his grief with Nicole Dotson, right, sister of a Lester Street victim, during a Prayer Vigil at First Baptist Church on Broad Ave. Tuesday evening. MPD has asked anyone with any information about the Lester Street murders to call Crimestoppers.

March 9, 2008 Erica Smith, the mother of Cecil Dotson II, was wearing this shirt during an interview Sunday. Cecil's nickname is Man-Man.

March 8, 2008 - Alonzo Settles took time after church to visit 722 Lester. Like many who visited the house Sunday he was curious to see what the house looked like.

March 9, 2008 - Erica Smith (left) is comforted by Denise Davis Sunday afternoon near a memorial at the intersection of Lester St. and Faxon Ave. Smith is the mother of Cecil Dotson II. Madison Davis, Zoe Quinn, and Caroline Williams (right) came with Denise Davis to the memorial to pay their respects to those who lost their lives at 722 Lester.

March 8, 2008 - Memphis Police Director Larry Godwin answers questions during a press conference Saturday about the arrest of a suspect in the Lester Street murders. Police arrested Jessie L. Dotson Saturday and charged him with six counts of first degree murder and three counts of attempted first degree murder.

September 27, 2010 - Prosecutor Ray Lepone, left, carries a scale model of 722 Lester Street on the first day of the trial of Jessie Dotson in Criminal Court Division 10 at the criminal justice center downtown.

September 27, 2010 - An X-ray of 9-year-old Cecil Dotson's skull is shown to jurors during the prosecution's opening statement in the trial of Jessie Dotson Monday.

September 27, 2010 - EMT Daniel Moore describes the knife he found jutting from the side of Cecil Dotson's head during testimony in the trial of Jessie Dotson Monday in Judge James Beasley Jr's courtroom for the multiple homicide of his brother's family on Lester St. in 2008.

September 27, 2010 - Jessie Dotson listens to opening arguments during his trial Monday in Judge James Beasley Jr's courtroom for the murder of 6 people and attempted murder of 3 others on Lester St. in 2008.

September 28, 2010 - Sgt. Tony Mullins takes jurors through the living room and the locations of evidence gathered at 722 Lester Street during the second day of the murder trial of Jessie Dotson. (Mike Brown/The Commercial Appeal)

September 28, 2010 - Criminal Court Judge James Beasley Jr. tags a large wooden board with blood stains and spatter into evidence during day two of the Jessie Dotson trial in the mass killing at 722 Lester Street. (Mike Brown/The Commercial Appeal)

October 6, 2010 - Jessie Dotson reacts as his mother, Priscilla Shaw, tells of Jessie's confession to her as she testifies for the prosecution during the Lester Street trial. Dotson, 35, is charged with first-degree murder in the 2008 shooting deaths of his brother, Cecil, 30, three other adults and two children. He also is charged with the beating and stabbing of three children who survived. (Nikki Boertman/The Commercial Appeal)

October 6, 2010 - Cecil and Jessie Dotson's mother, Priscilla Shaw, points out Jessie while testifying the prosecution during the Lester Street murder trial. Jessie Dotson, 35, is charged with first-degree murder in the 2008 shooting deaths of his brother, Cecil, 30, three other adults and two children. He also is charged with the beating and stabbing of three children who survived. (Nikki Boertman/The Commercial Appeal)

October 9, 2010 - Jessie Dotson leans towards the jury as he states his claim of how his confession was coerced while taking the witness stand in his own defense. Dotson told a jury this morning that he was hiding under a bed when someone entered his brother's Lester Street home in 2008 and killed six men, women and children. (Nikki Boertman / The Commercial Appeal)

October 9, 2010 - MPD Sgt. Tony Mullins, left, listens to Jessie Dotson takes the witness stand during the Lester Street murder trial. Dotson told a jury this morning that he was hiding under a bed when someone entered his brother's Lester Street home in 2008 and killed six men, women and children. (Nikki Boertman / The Commercial Appeal)

October 9, 2010 - Jessie Dotson stands with arms wide open as he states his claim of how his confession was coerced while taking the witness stand in his own defense. Dotson told a jury this morning that he was hiding under a bed when someone entered his brother's Lester Street home in 2008 and killed six men, women and children. (Nikki Boertman / The Commercial Appeal)